Improvement in machines for operating pumps



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i Be it known thatLI, ROBERT E. MOORE, of Navasota, in the 4county of Grimes, and State of Texas, Y

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` Letters Patent No. 97,673, dated .December 7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N MACHINES Eon OPERATING tuners..

l The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of the same.

have `iriventeda newV 4and useful Machine `for the l Working `of Pumps, and for otheupnrposcs; and- I do hereby declare the following tobe a fnll,l clear,

and exact description'thereo reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, and which is an isometrical projection of `my invention. y l 1 l My invention has for its-object the development of power for any mechanical purpose, but more especiallyfor the elevation of water to a height suficie'nt for irrigation, for `supplying stock, and for other pur-A poses, in localities where no head of water" can `be made Vavailable `without the aid gf n iacfhi-nery.`

. rIt consists in an arrangeiiint of levers, andcombination of the same with the motive-power, and with a system of pumps, in such a manner that water maybe drawn from wells, springs, or other sources,

and be carried to a position from which it can be conducted to the point required. l

In order that others may be enabled to construct my invention, I will proceed to describe itand its operation.` f

A A isa platform, erected over a water-source.

On` an upper platform, sustained by the uprights oi' the frame-work, is supported a train of gearing, connected with a barrel or cylinder, moved by the gravitation of a weight,l'B, as shown, or by the action of a powerful spring, which may 'be wound up and set free to act by any of the devices commonly in use.

. The train of gearing gives mot-ion, in equal times,

` to two escapement-wheelsy O O, geared into each other, and arranged withpinsa a projecting at right yangles with andlfrom their faces, so that the pins of one wheel shall, as both revolve, move into a position that shall bring them successively opposite the space between the pins of the other wheel. im gD isa rook-shaft, having its bearings on the upper .part of the frame-work of the machine,` and attached, at one end, `to the rod of ;the pendulum E.

' An escapement-pallet, E, is firmly secured to` the rock-sliaft,and is arranged in such a manner, that when` it is vdisengaged iioin a pin, a on one of the wheels C, and permits that wheel to move, it shall `w`ibrate far enough to' catch a pin on the other wheel, and ret-ard its' motion until, `by the returnswing, thependulum repeats the movement with the otherwheel. Y y l 1 Springs l) l) are attached to each side of the head of the escapemcnt-pallet F, in orderv that the 'parts maybe relieved from jar and concussion as the es-j capements occur.

Gi'sa walking-beam, securely attached tothe rockh-'b v l2 L`he rodof the pendulum Eismade in two lengths,

so that` the distance from the point of suspension, at

the end of the axisof the rock-shaft, to the pendu-. lum-ball N, may be increased or lessened, for the purpose fof regulating thenumber of strokes of the pump in a given time, to suit the requirements of the locality and the supply of water.

A set-screw, d, or a key, or any equivalent device,

may be used to secure the pendulum at the -required adjustment. y

4 A cross-head, O, at the lower end of that part of the pendulum-rod which is attached to the end of the rock-l shaft l), is provided at veach end `.with a cup, P, s'o arranged and set 'upon the cross-head,

that, as the. pendulum swings, each cupmay come up alternately against the bottom of a tank, M, immediately under a valve, c, which shall be `.lifted open bythe end e of the cross-head, projecting through and beyondv the inout-h of eac-h cup, at its centre, as shown'. y

The water' thus liberated suddenly from the tank, falls into the cup, and, by `its impact, aids the' pendulum in its return. l

'llie`wat'er `is discharged through holes -in the bot- 'tom and sides of each cup, before the opposite cup receives its blow from the water in the other tank, so

that there is a preponderance as Well as blow, at the 'higher end of the cross-head, to help it on itsdown- Ward swing at every vibration.

In the operation of this machine, the weight, B spring, or other force employed, is wound up, and- A the pendulum started to work the pumps.

Of course, until the `pumps have thrown water venough into the tanks to act on the cups, through the valves c, the pendulum will only be aided in its power over the pumps by the actionloi the escapement-C O and F, but as soon as the water begins to` act outhe pendulum, the resistance of this lastto theaction of the escapement is lessened, and its power overthepumps greatly increased.

It will be seen that the position of the machine may be sueh Aas to allow all or any part; of the water to be carried where wanted,'after being made available for easing the action of the machine, as 'described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l V1. The combination of the eseapement O C F,

levers H I K, pendulum and rock-shaft; D, withthe ROBERT E. MOORE. 

